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Reading
habit is the most natural habit to inculcate. A good book or reading
an informative piece makes the ideal companion; it’s interesting, builds
on your patience and allows you to grow in the pool of knowledge
without you realizing it. So for that we find libraries build by people
in order to enhance and mobilize such healthy activities.

Here I have compiled some of the largest libraries of the world. I hope you will like it.

Travelling
has always fascinated people all over the world and flying has been the
fastest in order to do so. Airports are mostly packed with people but
here are some busiest airports by passenger traffic. Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport in Atlanta has been the world’s busiest airport
every year since 2000.

Here are some of the busiest airports of the world. I hope you will like it.

It is hard
to describe or to explain the fascination exerted by a fast elevator. I
am sure that, for a jungle or countryside raise child, the elevators are
by far the most interesting and fascinating thing in a bigcity.Many different reasons can make a certain elevator be interesting, amazing or fascinating.

The fastestelevators are
for sure fascinating; they ensure accelerations bigger than a plane.
Outdoor elevators are also amazing through dimensions, but many of them
are causing serious environment issues. The elevators linking the parts
of the city from different heights are very useful, and
became iconic landmarks of that city.

Here I have compiled some of the world’s most unique elevators. I hope you will like it.

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While many might believe the term “lost” might only refer to
misplaced items and confusing TV dramas, the cities in this article
stretch the definition far beyond what Merriam-Webster ever considered.
Some are lost to politics, others to education, and still other cities
are just plain lost.7. Roanoke Colony, NC

Photo: lapidim
All day, every day we are surrounded by color, and even though we
should be thanking the gods for being so lucky we’re too often numb to
it. But when we have one of those lucid moments on viewing something
special, seeing an awesome image and really taking notice of our world,
it’s then we stop and say, "Wow!"
Here are some of those "Wow!" moments, captured forever so that we never loose sight of the color in our lives.

Colors of America and Australia

Photo: All images via Home Design Find
Long famed for its legendary fashion houses, Milan soon hopes to be
known as a cutting-edge leader in yet another area of design: green
communities. Come 2013, the bustling metropolitan area will be home to
Milano Santa Monica, a two million square metre green space that will
feature 2,000 apartments alongside schools, shops and sporting
facilities.

Photo:
Image: Robert Brands
More than a week back, on Tuesday, 3rd March, the archive of the city
of Cologne in Germany collapsed. The building at Severinstrasse 222-228
housed more than 18 km (!) of shelves, which held more than 65,000
documents, 500,000 photographs of the city and 100,000 architectural
drawings and plans. While some are blaming the ongoing subway
construction, we’re wondering – could it be another case of a giant
sinkhole devouring everything around it?

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Image: Xavier M. Jubier
Dark days and long nights, temperatures up to minus 128 Fahrenheit,
cramped living conditions and the same old jokes and people. Welcome to
Antarctica, the place where you’ll find big eyes and bolos, new species
of the human kind. Inspired by Anton Chekalin’s stunning pictures of Novolazarevskaya Antarctic Station featured last month, we got thinking about everyday life at a Russian Antarctic station.
When planning a stay in the Antarctic, getting there might be the
first hurdle, but not the last. In psychospeak, ICE stands for isolated,
confined environment and is very fitting when talking about Antarctic
living conditions. There’s also everyday life on a base to reckon with,
getting around and surviving out in the field, and killing time when
nothing is going on…

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Image: Frontex
For many, crossing a border conjures images of border personnel with
stern expressions and gun belts, paperwork, questions, long lines and
maybe sweaty palms. But borders can also be green, beautiful,
informative and friendly – unusual, to say the least. It is also truly
amazing where one can find border crossings, so follow us on a tour of
astounding checkpoints around the mountains, deserts, seas and cities of
the world.

Tunnel border crossings

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Image: Naveen Gujje
India is for many a country of contrasts, extremes and in recent
years, upswing. In fact, India Shining was the political slogan with
which India started the first decade of the new millennium. Without
doubt, it has always been a country of colours so, inspired by last
week’s article on rainbows, we’ve arranged stunning pictures of Indian
moodscapes according to the rainbow spectrum. Put on some A.R. Rahman,
Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam or even Lucky Ali and follow us on an Indian
tour de rang…

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Image: Jitze Couperus
Alcatraz, the Bay Bridge, Coit Tower, downtown, Fisherman’s Wharf…
the sights of San Francisco are numerous. All the more fun is spotting
them from above because they tend to look oh-so-different from a bird’s
eye perspective. But see for youself and join us on our musical tour of
“I Spy….” San Francisco.
San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California, and the
whole of the San Francisco Bay Area is home to more than seven million
people. During the gold rush of the 19th century, the city was literally
a “Golden Gate” for many adventurous fortune seekers. Though its old
name Yerba Buena (from the Spanish hierba buena, the “good
herb”) was changed in 1847 after the Mexican-American war, the term
still has a valid (yet different) meaning for many today.

Photo:
Image via UCAR
Any city with a few million inhabitants is bound to have problems:
population, pollution, transportation, water quality, sanitation, crime,
natural disasters – you name it. A mega metropolis with a population of
10 or even 20 million will have massive ones especially if it is
disadvantaged due to geographic location. Seriously, would you want to
be the mayor of one of the world’s biggest cities? Let’s take a look at
ten of these mega metros around the world and see what’s bothering them
most.
Many institutes and non-profit organisations such as the Blacksmith
Institute, Mercer Human Resource Consulting and the World Health
Organization keep track of pollution and “dirtiest cities” around the
world. We have taken their lists and results into account and cities
like Bogota, Karachi, Manila, Mumbai and Sao Paulo and even London,
Paris, Athens, New York, Los Angeles and others were strong contenders.
However, our focus was on global cities and one major problem that
overshadowed others. So, without further ado, our list of Ten Deadliest
Mega Metros in alphabetical order.

Photo: Photo: Florian Siebeck
They sit perched atop dizzying heights, often unnoticed by human eyes
but ever watchful of our movements. They have outlived us by centuries
and under their gaze the story of a city's sins and changing face can be
told. The gargoyles of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral – half man, half
beast – preside over Paris, and have done so since the medieval era. To
them, whole generations pass in the blink of a stony eye.Notre Dame gargoyle, date unknown

Photo: Image by comic book guy.
What do you get when you illuminate one of the world’s most
spectacular waterfalls with nearly 5km of shimmering floodlights, over
125 animated displays and 3 million sparkling tree and ground lights? A
dazzling extravaganza that will make you see the Niagara falls in a
whole new light – and for those of you who can’t make it, we decided to
take a closer look.

Photo: Image: harry.kontos
Amsterdam, ah Amsterdam. City of red lights, amber-hued beers, and
green, green grass; a city much less in need of traffic lights than most
owing to its winding bike paths and of course its famous historic
canals – more reasons why green could be said to be this city’s colour
of choice. With its rich history, vibrant culture and liberal attitude,
the Dutch capital is well worth wondering through, and yet a city of
such distinctive design is also brilliantly appreciated from above.Downtown Amsterdam from the air

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Image: Tomatina2009
The official website of La Tomatina says it all: tomatofight.es. That
what it’s all about, a tomato fight that involves many tourists and the
whole city of Buñol in the province of Valencia in eastern Spain. Held
every last Wednesday in August, it’s tremendous fun for young and old.
But there are rules and it’s okay even from an environmental standpoint.
Find out why. Swimming in tomatoes:

Every city has its architectural wonders,
from historic monuments to soaring new skyscrapers. What works of
architecture make your favorite city special? If you like to spend your
vacation sightseeing, walking trough old town cores and admiring the
architecture then this list will help you a lot.

Here I have compiled some of the best
architecture cities of the world. When I was done with the list I
remembered Damascus also has a very good architectural history. So
please add cities in comment section which you think I missed.

Not only it is more Eco-friendly,
but you will explore the city much better than you would by car. No
traffic jams, no endless searches for parking… Bicycle is a great way to
scan your chosen destination. And most of the people of the cities
which you will see in this list use bicycle as the mean of
transportation.

Here I have compiled some of the best cities to be seen on bicycle. I hope you will like it.

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Image: d’n’c
Located exactly in the centre of the ancient city of Beijing, the
Forbidden City is the world’s largest palace complex. YongLe (or
YungLe), the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ordered its construction
in 1406, which lasted until 1420. Not very long for such an impressive
complex but then, about one million workers were employed, among them
100,000 artisans alone.

Photo: Photo: The Cool Family
Deception Island. The name alone conjures intrigue, concealment and
trickery. Upon approaching this remote, horseshoe-shaped Antarctic
outcrop, a desolate and forbidding coastline looms – sheer, snow-capped
rocky crags and barren volcanic slopes cloaked in a soup of swirling
fog. Occupied sporadically for a century or more, ghost settlements are
now all that remain of the island’s earlier human ventures. Several
vicious volcanic eruptions have made sure of that.

Photo: Image: suedtirol.altoadige
Legend has it the bell can still be heard in the dead of winter,
sounding out its knell despite the fact that it has long since been
removed. The bell tower of the 14th century church that projects from
Lake Reschen in the far north of Italy is all that is now visible of the
once thriving village of Graun. In the middle of the last century, the
town was drowned by the artificial lake that lies above it to this day –
and all because of the business designs of a big electricity firm.

Photo: View of Al Hajjara - Would you want to live on the top right?
Image: Franco Pecchio
The city of Al Hajjara in Yemen’s Haraz Mountains seems ancient yet
modern at the same time: the taller of the brown, flat-roofed houses so
precariously balanced on top of the mountain resemble early skyscrapers.
Many are decorated with elaborate white friezes and patterns so typical
for the region. The town’s remoteness and narrow streets suggest a
close-knit community that might, in times of invasions, have allowed
outsiders to enter yet not necessarily to leave…

Photo: Tom Thai
In the arid north-west of the Indian subcontinent lies the state of
Rajasthan. A land of lush forests as well as the mighty Thar Desert,
Rajasthan contains one of the jewels of India – the Blue City of
Jodhpur.

Photo: Pont Alexandre III in the snow
Image: Jean-François Gornet
Ah, Paris! Not only a destination in summer when the days get longer
and the skirts shorter; no, also popular in winter when all the famous
places and monuments are covered by decorative layers of snow. We heard
couples from near and far are already gathering in time for Valentine’s
Day. Some cities just have it all, but see for yourself…
The Eiffel Tower, built in 1889 as the entrance arch (talk about
splendour!) to the World’s Fair, was the world’s tallest building until
1930. Since then, it has seen it all and takes its six million annual
visitors in its

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Image via myinsterestingfiles
The hanging railway in Germany's western central city of Wuppertal
(pronounced Voopahtahl) is the oldest monorail system in the world.
Built in 1900, the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn or "floating train" has been
continuously operated since 1901, despite two world wars, various
accidents and other turbulent events. Find out the stories behind this
stylish and green mode of transportation. Schwebebahn then and now – trial with 6 compartments in 1903, and in 2004:

Photo: Mypoorbrain
Whether you are a fan of opera or not, Italy is where it all started
and Milan is most definitely the place to be if you want to experience
opera at its uplifting, magnificent and lung-bursting best. Italian
culture has opera at its very heart and Milan’s Teatro alla Scala (La
Scala) is the most famous and celebrated opera venue in the world.
Getting tickets to a performance at La Scala is both tricky and
expensive and audiences tend to consist almost entirely of supremely
wealthy aficionados, celebrities and the aristocracy. The opera house
has a bar, a book shop and a history museum, too. Many famous operas
were first performed here, including Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in 1904.
Opera is one of those things that you do need to try before making
your mind up about it – and you might be surprised. It’s not all about
buxom, emotional women in togas beseeching a lost love with a series of
screeches and glass-shattering caterwauls. Opera has been known to move
even the hardest of hearts to tears.
There are also some beautiful and historically significant opera
houses in Venice (La Fenice), Naples (San Carlo), Rome, Verona, Bologna,
Parma, Palermo and Pisa. The opera season in most regions is usually
from autumn to spring, although outdoor performances during the summer
months are also very popular.
Native Italian composers such as Rossini (1792-1868), Verdi
(1813-1901) and Puccini (1858-1924) created some of the best-loved
operas which to this day are performed all over the world and enjoyed by
millions. Why not watch these rousing and passionate musical dramas in
their rightful birthplace, performed triumphantly in the mother tongue?
Get your designer finery on, grab a take-out pizza and go and join in!
It’s got to beat drab and dreary television soap operas, anyway. Walford or Milan? It’s a tough one. Bellissimo! source

Photo: Roy Rainford/Corbis
Just as Italy is famed for its stirring opera performances, so France
prides itself on the glittery cabaret of its capital’s famous nightlife
activities – and none quite so glittery and famous as the Moulin Rouge
show. This wild, exotic, energetic show was recently made even more
famous by director Baz Luhrmann’s award-winning and visually bedazzling
2001 film starring Nicole Kidman (and formerly adapted in1952 from the
book of the same name by Pierre La Mure, then starring Zsa-Zsa Gabor).
Described by Andrey Bely in 1906 as a “frenzied delirium of feathers,
vulgar painted lips, and eyelashes of black and blue,” the Moulin Rouge
is widely believed to be where the can-can dance originated. If Peter
Stringfellow had been born in the mid-19th century in downtown Paris, he
may well have come up with a similar idea himself. As it is, the venue
was the brainchild of Joseph Oller, a part-time book-maker and
impresario from Catalan, Spain who moved to Paris as a child. The
emphasis was (and remains) on the burlesque, the provocative and the
seductive, and it was certainly primarily an adult form of
entertainment. Today, however, the Moulin Rouge (‘red windmill’)
continues to offer its thousands of annual visitors a veritable
smorgasbord of resplendent visions and sounds and is now enjoyed by
women just as much as men. Almost as much, anyway. The centre-stage
courtesans and scantily-clad dancers of the turn of the 20th century
(when the venue was frequented by avant-garde regulars such as alcoholic
French artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec) have now largely been replaced
with professional entertainers and over the years these have included
Ella Fitzgerald, Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra.
Still redolent with the romance of the era, the Moulin Rouge needs to
be experienced, even if you only go there to have a glass of wine and
steal a sneaky peek at what goes on behind those ornate doors and beyond
the rainbow of fluorescent lights.source

There are some nations that boast the
title of the friendliest, most welcoming or most hospitable people in
the world. Whether various surveys and rankings are right or not, each
of us has probably visited one or two countries where the locals’
kindness has exceeded our expectations.

The countries mentioned below have made
this list because of their hospitable greetings to travelers. So, add
them to your must-see list as there’s nothing nicer than a warm welcome.
Here I have compiled 10 most friendly countries on the world. I hope
you will like it. Do add or suggest other countries in our comment
section.

Everyone
who visits France talks about the exquisite beauty of the country. From
the charming smaller villages around Alsace and Provence, to the
culture and bustle of Paris, France’s aesthetics cannot be called into
question. It’s no surprise then that compiling a list of the most
beautiful golf courses in France was pretty easy – narrowing it down to
the best 10 was the hard part.

So here I have compiled some of the most beautiful golf courses in France. I hope you will like it.

Photo: sfmission.com on flickr
If you’ve ever joined the UK’s most famous and flamboyant street
party, the Notting Hill Carnival, you will have experienced something of
the taste of this huge-scale, all-out, orgiastic, four-day mother of
all parties: the Rio de Janeiro carnival. This mega-celebration in
Brazil is an annual event, starting forty days before Easter (so usually
mid-to-late February, which tends to be Rio’s hottest month). The
tradition of carnival is celebrated throughout Brazil but Rio’s is
widely believed to be the biggest and the best. Indeed Rio is recognised
as Carnival Capital of the World, attracting around 500,000 visitors
every year.
In each and every way a glorious and relentless assault on all five
of your senses with its triumphant samba parades and the raw energy of
the colourful street bands, the carnival is intended to represent
hedonism, excess and unfettered jubilation; a true celebration of life
and of being alive. Although Brazil is a religious country – around 75%
of the population is Roman Catholic – the carnival is a deliberately
subversive statement, reflecting the country’s modern attitudes and
vibrant mix of people. Its end time coincides with the beginning of
Lent, when many people (even the non-religious) temporarily abstain from
a naughty or dirty little habit that they enjoy indulging in such as
smoking, eating chocolate, drinking alcohol or… well, use your
imagination. So the carnival is a no-holds-barred opportunity for going a
bit wild and doing whatever the hell you want – and loudly and proudly,
too – before Lent’s self-restraint mission begins.
Although it does have a reputation for having its no-go areas, Rio de
Janeiro is certainly a city worth visiting anyway – hot all year round
with vivacious people (Cariocas) and stunning beaches – but if you can
spare the extra cash and enjoy huge rapturous crowds and thumping music,
book early for a carnival stay and leave your inhibitions at the
airport.source

Photo: Ago76
Never let it be said that our German friends don’t know how to party.
The Love Parade, with a 20-year tradition that can be traced back to
the demolition of the Berlin Wall in 1989, is an annual celebration of
love, tolerance, peace and diversity, with a banging techno soundtrack,
superstar DJ sets and writhing crowds of up to a million or more. Not
bad for what started as a politically-motivated demonstration with just
150 people and the simple motto, “Music knows no boundaries”.
Although it began in Germany and Berlin is its birthplace, there have
been numerous other Love Parades around the world, all boasting the
same joyous theme and similar mixes of loud, proud, loved-up visitors.
Other venues include Vienna, Sydney, Zurich, San Francisco
(LoveFest/LovEvolution), Acapulco, Mexico City, Cape Town and even a
one-off Love Parade in Leeds, England. For an entire weekend (usually
during the summer months), the streets are crammed with floats and
trucks boasting mega-powerful sound systems on full volume, and swarms
of euphoric people in colourful cyber costumes (or in some cases, a
notable absence of clothing).
This event is not for the faint-hearted or the wallflowers among us.
The Love Parade is said to be the biggest and most clamorous and amorous
(although perhaps not so glamorous) street rave in the world, and has
even been referred to as "the greatest amateur circus on earth".
Having overcome recent funding problems and various other obstacles
(which unfortunately resulted in the cancellation of a number of recent
events), the Love Parade continues to attract huge crowds, and
Dortmund’s triumphant 2008 “Highway to Love” event had a staggering 1.6
million visitors, most of whom really were quite literally ‘staggering’
after four days of intense dancing, partying and ‘feeling the love’. The
next official event is in Duisburg in June 2010 so grab your glowsticks
and your whistles and go feel the love for yourself!source

Photo: via Wikipedia
As a child, many of us grew up being told stories of princes and
princesses. As little kids we fantasized about one day being one, how
big our castle would be or how many servants we would have. The thought
of being a royal bore excitement inside our little minds.
Well, did you know you actually could meet one of those princes or
princesses? You just need to be in the right places at the right time.

A city
becomes lost when it is abandoned by its inhabitants and left to decay.
This can be the result of war, migration, or natural disaster, but in
each case these cities can act as a sort of time capsule, leaving a
civilization frozen in history and waiting to be discovered. While many
of these cities have indeed been rediscovered, others have never been
found and have taken on the status of legend.

Whether real
or mythical, here I have compiled some of the most famous lost cities
that have captured the imaginations of historians, archeologists, and
adventurers.

Golfing
holidays have become increasingly popular over the past decade and are a
perfect way to unwind and catch a tan, whilst also enabling a healthy
dose of rivalry to take place during your break. If you’re thinking of
booking such a sporting vacation, you’ll be pleased to know that golf
courses are popping up at a steady rate in pretty much every country you
can name. However if you’re looking for something a little more unique,
there are also a number of golf courses which are bizarre enough to
become talking points in their own right, even before you’ve managed to
buckle your first club.

Here I have compiled some of the world’s unique and strangest golf courses and holes. I hope you will like it.

In early time people set fires at the
edge of the water to warn boats of dangerous rocks and shores. The early
lighthouses used wick lamps as a source of light. In the olden times
the light beam could only travel a few miles. In 1822 the first modern
lighthouse lens was invented by a Frenchman named Augustin Fesnel. He
found out how to increase the light by using prisms.

Here I have compiled the list of some of
the most beautiful, amazing lighthouses. These are so beautiful that if
you are watching them at night you could stay without a breath. If I
missed any, do share it in comments section.

Photo: via queens of random
When temperatures reach a searing 40 degrees Celsius outside, there
is only one place to go in Coober Pedy, South Australia – underground.
Nearly half of the 3500 inhabitants in this outback town live
underground. Known as the opal capital of the world, in amongst its
disused mine shafts you’ll find homes, hotels and even a church dug into
the hillsides.

Photo: Tom Antebi
Although having an actual showerhead attached to a pipe constituted a
bit of a luxury, the water at that time of day was so cold that the
only mental tool I had to propel myself into it was by telling myself,
“It’s not getting any warmer…”
I padded across the courtyard for my morning ritual of chai with
Jagdish and his family and to read my copy of The Times of India, whilst
Akash and Vivec watched cartoons starring Indian gods.

Photo: Ali1234
Deep in the bowels of Budapest, beneath the famous Buda Castle –
which overlooks Hungary’s capital bristling with medieval and Baroque
architecture – lies a hidden part of the city. In the shadow of the
palatial grace of some of Europe’s most magnificent architecture,
inquisitive souls can descend to discover an

Photo: Tom Antebi
By this point it was about 2 in the morning, and there must have been
thousands of them, all walking on the side of the dusty motorway,
heading in the same direction as us. They all bore various bits of
religious paraphernalia, and as we drove on and on, so did the seemingly
endless stream of people. After asking the orthopedic surgeon in the
back, whose English was probably better than mine, it transpired they
were

Photo: Peter Sterling
Twice a summer, the Piazza del Campo, or central square, in
the otherwise quiet Tuscan city of Siena swells to capacity with locals
and tourists alike for one of the most pulsating sporting events in the
world – Il Palio. The horse race, held on a narrow strip of
dirt imported specifically for the event, circles the piazza – and tens
of thousands of onlookers – in less than two frenetic, often terrifying
minutes.

Photo: Marianovella Monti
Cows, cars, dogs and men live, breathe and sleep on the bumpy, brave
streets of Old Delhi. A little boy, no older than 6, but more streetwise
than an old man of 60, hangs onto the sleeve of my shirt as he asks -
with his much rehearsed but irresistible stare - for 10 rupees;
equivalent to 15 pence.

Photo: de/photstrecke
Ivrea is a small Italian city about 40 minutes North of Turin. It was
the site of the first post-Roman kingdom of Italy, around 1000AD. It
has its day of glory once a year during Carnival, when a juicy orange
battle takes place, in memory of of a local insurrection in 1194,
against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick of

Photo: Eneko Alonso
Spain is a country full of amazing sights, sounds and tastes. But one
event defines Spain like no other... the Running of the Bulls in
Pamplona.
Started in the 14th Century, the purpose of this event (yes there IS a
purpose!) is the transport of the bulls from the off-site corrals where
they spend the night, to the bullring where they are killed in the
evening bullfights.

Photo: roepers
Can you imagine a village with no roads? There is such a place in the
Netherlands called Giethoorn (pronounced 'geethorn'). There are no
roads and cars have to remain outside the village. The only access to
the stunningly lovely houses in Giethoorn is by water, or on foot over
tiny individual wooden bridges.

Photo: Regina Fugate
Windmills are unique to the Dutch landscape, and everyone who has
seen images of Holland, has seen a picture or painting of a windmill.
Can you imagine the Dutch landscape without windmills? I can’t!
Lovers of windmills will be visually rewarded when they visit
Kinderdijk: nowhere else in the world will you find such a concentration
of operational windmills, not even in other parts of the Netherlands!
The nineteen mills at Kinderdijk were built between 1500 and 1740 and
they are so well-preserved that in 1997, the windmills were put on the
UNESCO World Heritage List.

Photo: the prodigal untitled13
In every major city a local or a tourist can find a museum that
contains priceless masterpieces of paint, canvas, plaster and stone. But
if one were to turn off the interstate and drive to where the neighbors
still borrow a cup of sugar and time moves slower, you will find a
different kind of museum. A museum of traditions and values.

Photo: Steve Punter
As a Londoner I am very attentive to the innovative quirks of the
UK's capital, from strange elephants dotted around the city, to giant
chessboards, to an oversized ship in a bottle and recently, a rather
large (30m by 20m) and environmentally friendly (!) maze found right in
the centre of Trafalgar Square. Much like the Queen of Heart’s maze in
Wonderland, the attraction is not just aimed at confusing the puzzled
wanderer; on the contrary it seeks to teach foreigners and locals alike
about the pulsing heart of Theatreland; London’s West End. The idea is
to encourage tourists to drop out of the ordinary tourist trail (Big
Ben, Portobello and the Change of Guard) in order to be pleasantly
surprised by the multitude of unwritten

Photo: Neil deGrasse Tyson
There’s nothing like a dramatic pink, red, and orange-hued sunset to
cap off your tiring and stressful day, especially when you’re feeling
down in the dumps. Over at the Big Apple, urban folks have definitely
got it made because they can watch an incredible Manhattanhenge sunset
during the summer season. Because of the many buildings and skyscrapers
looming over the New York streets, you wouldn’t really expect to see a
brilliant display of a sunset glow when you’re walking home from work.
But come the end of May, the urban phenomenon called the Manhattanhenge
fully lights up the streets at around 8 o’clock in the evening, as the
sun aligns with Manhattan's streets, running from east to west.

Europe has been the center of Western
Civilization since time immemorial. One of the most beautiful places on
the earth, Europe has grandeur of its own. Travelers from all over the
globe love to visit Europe at least once in their lifetime. If visiting
this place could be so exciting, simply imagine the charm of being a
resident of this wonderful continent.

This list was based on an annual survey
conducted by Mercer Consulting based on the quality of living worldwide.
So here are some of the best places to live in Europe.